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Jan 4, 2010 | comments: 12
Rand Phares Jan 5, 2010, 11:27pm EST
Nice cover.

Titles aren't translated?
Jan 3, 2010 | recommended: 3 | comments: 306
Rand Phares Jan 5, 2010, 9:48am EST
Another Senior moment brought to you by Geritol . . .

After watching countless videos of bands covering other bands' songs, I find myself watching a DVD of Queen's 1981 Montreal concert.

During Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May (lead guitar) goes hog-wild into a riff that's so darn familiar that I think, "Boy, he sounds just like the record. Great job learning that."

My very next thought was, "You idiot. You're watching the guys who wrote it."

We now return you to our regular programming.
Jan 3, 2010 | recommended: 3 | comments: 306
Rand Phares Jan 5, 2010, 8:55am EST
Judi -

Googling "setting iPhone ringtones" took me to an Apple support page where I found:

"On your iPhone, go to the Home screen. Tap Phone and then tap Contacts. Choose a contact, tap Ringtone and select a new ringtone. When that contact calls, you will hear that ringtone."

That help?


"
Jan 3, 2010 | recommended: 3 | comments: 306
Rand Phares Jan 4, 2010, 2:16pm EST
Judi, congrats on the iPhone.

Now you have 100,000 applications to pick from.
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Jan 1, 2010, 1:43pm EST
Three bowl games on at the same time.

How do I choose? Dang. Six good teams.

Change channels . . . Change channels . . .

Ahhh, this one has MUD!!

So PSU/LSU it is.
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Jan 1, 2010, 1:27pm EST
Yessir, this is where I want to live:

Some town in NC celebrates the New Year's countdown by lowering a opossum in a cage.

Bubba, get me my shotgun and fire up the grill.
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Dec 31, 2009, 10:24pm EST
Well, 'Bats, Happy New Year!

I'm sure it's New Year somewhere out in the Atlantic right now.

As for me, well, g'nite!
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Dec 31, 2009, 10:22pm EST
Lisa - check your mindspring mail.
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Dec 31, 2009, 6:17pm EST
Lisa - thanks, I'll take you up on that. Will send it over when it's written.
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Dec 31, 2009, 6:09pm EST
Lisa - Your agent's page is chock full of good stuff. Will read his "Essentials" tomorrow. He does mention he's interested in YA, and my book can target both YA and Adult, so I'll put him in my "starting 10" list.

I remember, back in the day, putting together software packages for shipment to various people. This reminds me of that process, each pile getting pretty much the same thing, but with variations that needed to be tracked and triple-checked so people were getting the right thing.
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Dec 31, 2009, 1:25pm EST
Wrt the question, New Year's Day is just another day to me. I follow the old axiom Today is the first day of the rest of your life. I'm just farkin' glad to be here.
Dec 31, 2009 | recommended: 7 | comments: 305
Rand Phares Dec 31, 2009, 1:23pm EST
Me naughty too, but with a question.

I'm considering sending out 10 queries at a time. Rejection comes in, send out the next query, so there are always 10 out there.

Do I need to note in each query that I'm doing simultaneous queries?

Pros of this plan?

Cons?
Dec 29, 2009 | recommended: 6 | comments: 318
Rand Phares Dec 30, 2009, 11:32pm EST
Today was to be "continuation of agent research" day.

But it's the end of the year, and working on the budget got in the way, along with bills, along with scanning documents.

But at least my desk is clear of administrivia now and tomorrow can be "continuation of agent research" day. At least until the mail arrives with more paperwork to deal with.
Dec 29, 2009 | recommended: 6 | comments: 318
Rand Phares Dec 29, 2009, 10:38pm EST
The Feast is now complete.

I will be writing query letters, a synopsis, an outline, a compilation, a thesis, an abstract, and baking donuts over the next week. Whatever it takes.

Starting next week, I'll be shopping for an agent. It's been a long while since I've done that, so it'll be like getting back into the dating game again. Jamie, thanks for your fine role model query letter.

If you've surmised from this that Ken won't be publishing my book, then you've surmised correctly. Standing in Borders last week, I felt an overwhelming desire to see the book sitting on a shelf. Or, better yet, on an end cap. So I'm going to do my best to make that happen.

And has Judi said lately that Beth is a Goddess?
Dec 29, 2009 | recommended: 6 | comments: 318
Rand Phares Dec 29, 2009, 10:31pm EST
I see one of my sentences above didn't get completed.

Don't know what I meant to say.

Guess my halfzheimers is acting up.
Dec 29, 2009 | recommended: 6 | comments: 318
Rand Phares Dec 29, 2009, 10:28pm EST
Yes, Changeling is an excellent movie. I commented on it a few threads back. Watched that and Gran Torino around the same time. My Clint Eastwood fix.
Dec 29, 2009 | recommended: 6 | comments: 318
Rand Phares Dec 29, 2009, 10:26pm EST
I came, I saw, I lurked, I drew, I joined, I tracked (Gather contests), I wrote (Wombat contests). I have 3 shirts, a hat, a medal, a certificate, some POD money, and a bunch of crap from the back of Ken's car, which I threw into the back of my car. I bought some Wombat books, I envy all the published Wombats, and

That's my history with the Wombats.

Welcome to Perle and Candice. You're going to love it here.

I'm feeling better. Antibiotics seem to be holding off the nasties. Drove the car by myself yesterday (yes, I'm a Big Boy now).

Eating Christmas leftovers (mostly desserts) left and right. Yummins.

No word from the honeymooners. Which is a good thing, I guess.
Dec 24, 2009 | recommended: 5 | comments: 303
Rand Phares Dec 28, 2009, 8:34am EST
Lisa and Dana, sorry to hear about the death in your family. I know he appreciated the care he received and the presence of loved ones at the end.
Dec 24, 2009 | recommended: 5 | comments: 303
Rand Phares Dec 27, 2009, 9:02pm EST
I would select the ugliest thing I own, that I was about to give to Goodwill anyway, and send that over, pretending it was the present I received. Better yet, I'd select something from a neighbor's garbage bin on pickup day and send that. Better yet, I'd go down to the town dump and select something from there. Yeah, that's best. Something green and stinky.
Dec 24, 2009 | recommended: 5 | comments: 303
Rand Phares Dec 26, 2009, 9:58pm EST
Well, with a hidden file and a sky full of helicopter rotors, my wife sprung me from the joint this afternoon.

I'm home with a couple prescriptions. Turns out I had a strep infection. I feel better now after several bags of blood and antibiotics.

I've been sleeping most of the time since arriving, thus the late post.
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